Improvement in attachments for sewing-machines



UNITED STATES ABEL H. BARTLETT, OF SPUYTEN DUYVIL, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHMENTS FORSEWII-\IC.`\MACHINES.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,496, dated October3, 1871-.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ABEL H. BARTLETT, of Spuyten Duyvil, in the countyof Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedSewing-Machine Attach ment; an d I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sewing-machine attachments 5and it consists in a base-plate, with arms or plates supported one aboveanother along the front of the base-plate for the attachment of devicesof various kinds for tucking, cording, hemming, and quilting, said platealso having a cloth-pressing sprin g controlling the cloth in passing'from the said devices to the needle. The invention also comprisescertain attachments to the said plate and its adjuncts for use incombination therewith in the above-mentioned operations, all ashereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of the said plateand the attachments for forming tucks. Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Fig. 4a side elevation of the same, with the cording attachments. Fig. 5 is aside elevation of the same with the hemming attachments, and Fig. 6 is aplan view of the same with the quilt-marking attachment.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the base-plate, consisting of a long narrow strip of thin metal. Ithas a slot, B, for a clamp-screw to hold it upon the plate ofthemachine; also, a long curved arm, C, bent up from the rear end over thetop and toward the front end to a point, D, where it is bent so as toassume a right line a short distance above the plate, and is extendedthence in the arm marked E as far as to the line in which the stitchingis made in the cloth, or thereabout, or so that the range of the slot Bwill admit of adjusting it to that line or beyond it. Said arm has alongslot, F, extending nearly from end to end. Gr is another arm of the samelength and width as arm E,con nected to the imder side of the latter, alittle in advance of the point D, by the bent end H, and behind this isa small plate, I, also attached to arm E, which plate extends forwardand is provided with a guide-hole, K, for the cord used in cording, anda screw-threaded hole, L, fora clampscrew for attaching the device usedin quilting. M is a rib with concave sides, extending across the plate ashort distance from the end of the arm G, which is employed forassisting in turning the cloth over the end of arm G. S is a spring-barhinged to the end of plate A at T, to be held by the screw U over thecloth in passing from the arms E G to the needle. When folding orcording it has grooves V in the under sides for guiding the cord,according to the distance it is to be from the stitching, and it has ascale on the upper side for indicating the width of the cording. Theapparatus thus far described constitutes the principal instrument to beemployed for holding the devices hereinafter described and for use inconnection with them in tucking, cording, hemming, and quilting. h is atucking-guide or scroll, consisting of a small concave plate attached toa plane plate, by which it is clamped to the arm E, as shown in Fig. 2,by a screw, el, passing through the slot of said arm. X is a long platewith one end bent upward, as shown at x', and having a notch in the endfor receiving the end of arm E while clamped to plate A by theclampscrew y passing through the slot z; and at the end of the slot z,opposite to the bent end x1, said plate is bent upward, as shown at x2,so that said raised end being presented between the arms E G andadjusted closely to the scroll W the cloth may be folded for tucks, thewidth of which will be governed by the distance the scroll W is from theline of stitching. In making tucks the cloth is passed under the arms Oand G, back over the upper side to scroll W, and then out between theplate X and arm E to pass under the needle. The spring S is turned back,as indicated in Fig. 1, when the apparatus is used for tuckin g. a,Figs. 4 and 5, is a cord-guiding tube attached to a plate, b, by whichand the clamp-screw d it is suspended from the arm E in the same way thescroll W is. When this is used the spring S is turned over the cloth andheld thereon by the tension-screw T1 screwing into nut T2. In this casethe cloth also passes under the arms G and G. cis ahemmer-scrollattached to a plate, f, for attaching to the slotted arm E by theclamp-screw d. This hemmer-scroll is made considerably larger than thewidth ofthe hem to be made, for the purpose of supporting the cloth backofthe hem; and a stop, g,is applied to it to prevent the edge of theclothvfromfturning under too far. `When using` thefhelniner the plate Xis adjusted withl its end w1 in Contact with the end of arm E, and thecloth is passed under the bow C. These helnining devices may be used inthe saine Way for makin g band-trimming of any Width. h is a springchalkholder, attached to the wire support t' by a slide, k, andclamp-screw, so as to be adjusted toward or from the line of the needleWhen the said support is attached to plate I, as shown in Fig. 2, forchalking the cloth for quilting. In this case the spring S is turnedback for the cloth to pass over it.

Having thus described my invention, I clailn as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The plate A, slotted at B, having curved arm C D,lon g slotted armA E F, arm G I-I I with guide and clamp-holes, andconcave-sided rib M, constructed as described, and applied as a holding; device for tuckers, corders, hemmers, and quilters.

2. The hemmer e f and plate w w1 combined with the arms E G and plate AC, substantially as specified.

' 3. The chalk-holder h, support z', and plate I, combined with the armsE G and plate A, substantiall5T as specified.

ABEL H. BARTLETT.

Witnesses:

CHARLES L. BARTLETT, JEREMY BARTLETT.

